Vladimir Putin is engaged in a bid to woo support among African leaders, but the summit masks the darker reality of Russian influence-seeking in Africa
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African must make its collective voice heard on Russian mercenaries in African conflicts.
African leaders at the second Africa-Russia summit need to speak with one voice.
The Russia-Africa summit has obvious benefits for Moscow: it conveys a perception of normalcy and the tacit approval of African elites.
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University